Amasya vâlisi Şehzâde Sultân Ahmed Hân’ın bendegânından olup Amasya sarayında ilm ü irfân öğrendi. Şehzâde Sultânın teveccühâtını kazanıp kapıcılar kethüdâsı, sipâhiler ağası, 916’da emîr-i dîvân olmuşdu. 918’de Sultân Selîm Hân’ın cülûsunda efendisiyle beraber menkûp ve maktûl oldu.
Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · İKİNCİ BÂB · BİRİNCİ FASIL
Alagöz Bey — Emîr-i Divân
Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Volume 6, p. 23 • Edited by: Doç. Dr. Recep Orhan ÖZEL - Doç. Dr. Metin HAKVERDİOĞLU
Original Text (Ottoman Turkish)
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Editor: Mevlüt Erdem Öztürk
In Modern English
He was one of the slaves of Prince Sultan Ahmed Han, Governor of Amasya, and learned scholarship and refinement in the Amasya palace. Winning the favor of the prince, he had become kethüda of the gatekeepers, ağa of the sipahis, and in 916 [1510-11] emir of the divan. In 918 [1512-13], on Sultan Selim Han's accession to the throne, he met with disaster together with his master and was killed.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- bendegân: slaves; servants raised in the prince's palace
- kapıcılar kethüdası: steward of the palace gatekeepers
- sipâhîler ağası: commander of the sipahi (cavalry) divisions
- emîr-i dîvân: the official responsible for the functioning of the divan
- cülûs: accession to the throne
- menkûp: one who has met with disaster
Prince Ahmed's Struggle for the Throne
Prince Ahmed, to whom Alagöz Bey was attached, is the son of II. Bayezid and was sanjak governor of Amasya from 12 March 1481 until April 1512. Not accepting the sultanate of his brother Selim, he rebelled. He marched from Amasya with a force of about thirty thousand, was defeated at Yenişehir on 24 April 1513, and was captured and killed by strangulation.
Hüsameddin says "in 918, together with his master"; the Hijri year 918 corresponds to 1512-13, and this fits the period between Selim's accession and the defeat at Yenişehir. No record was found other than Hüsameddin on when and how Alagöz Bey was killed. In studies dealing with the period when the princes were in Amasya, the administrative structure of the city in those years is treated separately.
Bibliography
Primary sources
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 6, p. 23–23. amasya.bel.tr
Academic studies
- "Selim I", TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi. https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/selim-i
- "Amasya'da Sancak Beyliği Yapan Şehzadeler Döneminde Amasya Şehri". https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/19685
Other sources
- "Şehzade Ahmed". https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Şehzade_Ahmet
- "Yenişehir Muharebesi (1513)". https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yenişehir_Muharebesi_(1513)